Apple launches MacBook Pro with M4 chips, Apple Intelligence: Price in India, specifications and more – Times of India
Apple has launched MacBook Pro, powered by the M4 family of chips — M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max. The Cupertino-based tech giant says that the new MacBooks deliver “much faster performance and enhanced capabilities” as compared to previous generations. Just like the iPhone 16 series, Apple says that the new MacBook Pro is built for Apple Intelligence.
Apple MacBook Pro M4 price, availability
Customers can pre-order the MacBook Pro starting October 30 on apple.com/in/store and in the Apple Store app. It will begin arriving to customers, and will be in Apple Store locations and Apple Authorised Resellers, beginning November 8.
The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4 starts at Rs 1,69,900 and Rs 1,59,900 for education.
The 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M4 Pro starts at Rs 1,99,900 and Rs 1,84,900 for education
The 16‑inch MacBook Pro starts at Rs 2,49,900 and Rs 2,29,900 for education.
All models are available in space black and silver colour options.
MacBook Air with M2 and M3 comes standard with 16GB of unified memory, and is available in midnight, starlight, silver, and space grey, starting at Rs 99,900 and Rs 89,900 for education.
Apple MacBook Pro with M4 chips features
The new MacBook Pro is created from a custom alloy that uses 100% recycled aluminium in the enclosure. It also uses 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, and 100% recycled tin soldering, gold plating, and copper in multiple printed circuit boards.
All models include a Liquid Retina XDR display. The new MacBook Pro gets a nano-texture display option that is claimed to reduce glare and distractions from reflections. In bright lighting conditions, the new MacBook Pro can now show SDR content at up to 1000 nits and still displays HDR content at up to 1600 nits of peak brightness.
At their heart, the new MacBooks have M4 chips that are built using second-generation 3-nanometer technology. The 14-inch MacBook Pro has the M4 chip at its heart and the model gets three Thunderbolt 4 ports, starting with 16GB of memory. The 14-inch and 16-inch models with M4 Pro and M4 Max offer Thunderbolt 5 for faster transfer speeds and advanced connectivity.
There’s a 12MP Center Stage camera for enhanced video quality in challenging lighting conditions. The new camera also supports Desk View, gets studio-quality mics and a six-speaker sound system with support for Spatial Audio. Apple claims that the MacBooks offer up to 24 hours of battery life – the longest ever in a Mac.
Apple MacBook Pro M4 specifications
The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4 features a 10-core CPU, with four performance cores and six efficiency cores; a 10-core GPU paired with 16GB RAM with support for up to 32GB..
MacBook Pro with M4 Pro specifications
MacBook Pro with M4 Pro is aimed at researchers, developers, engineers and creative pros. M4 Pro features a 14-core CPU with 10 performance cores and four efficiency cores, along with up to a 20-core GPU that is twice as powerful as M4.
MacBook Pro with M4 Max specifications
Designed for pros like data scientists, 3D artists, and composers who constantly push workflows to the limit, MacBook Pro with M4 Max brings up to a 16-core CPU, up to a 40-core GPU, over half a terabyte per second of unified memory bandwidth and support for up to 128GB of unified memory. It also gets Media Engine in M4 Max, which features two ProRes accelerators, MacBook Pro performance is amazing even when taking 4K120 fps ProRes video captured with the new iPhone 16 Pro and editing it in Final Cut Pro.
